Aggedor is the sacred beast of Peladon, and the titular character (if you can call him that) of both "the Monster of Peladon" and "the Curse of Peladon." The name refers, by turns, to the (nearly extinct) species, the individual, and the deity. As Hepesh, High Priest of Peladon, explains it ( Read more... )

Bellal is a little green man from Exxilon, and functionally Our Heroes' only real ally in "Death to the Daleks." He's super cute ( Read more... )

Doctor Who, it is sometimes easy to forget, is very much a creature of the 70s. It is also a creture of the 60s and a creature of the 80s and the early 2000s and so on - okay, so there's a lot of Doctor Who. But the 70s have the biggest chunk to date. And with the 70s, we get mustaches, peace conferences, and long-haired hippies. Professor ( Read more... )

I've been showing Doctor Who to a good friend of mine for the first time. We have just finished the Third Doctor's run and she has officially declared the famous Blue Planet of Metebelis III to be the "worst planet ever." Now, I believe Kembel is canonically the worst planet ever, and Androzani Minor is observably the worst planet ever, but ( Read more... )

Alternatively, which Benton do you prefer?

Bouncing Baby Benton
Smokin Hot Cartoon Benton
Bazooka Benton
Unexpected Naked Benton
Knight in Red Pants Shining Armour Benton ( Read more... )

It's Valentine's day, so what's more romantic than witchcraft ( Read more... )

When I was very young, in my youth in the west that is forgotten, my very favorite episode of Doctor Who was "the Mutants." Which is why I do not currently own a copy of it - like a fool I lent it out to my friends, in the deep dark days of the wilderness years. This is not one that is typically extremely highly regarded (nor extremely lowly ( Read more... )

The United Nations Intelligence Task-Force, later the Unified Intelligence Task-Force, once the UN stopped being cool - Earth's first line of defense. The Cavalry par excellence. The Good Guys. Let me tell you a story ( Read more... )

Captain Chin Lee is the no-nonsense diplomatic aide to the Chinese Ambassador (both of them, actually) in "the Mind of Evil." She is, remarkably for this era, played by an actual Chinese person, Pik-sen Lim. Why am I featuring her during Dragon Month? Because she can turn into a frickin dragon ( Read more... )

Shirna is a Lurman dancer and, with her partner Vorg, one o the first two aliens allowed on the bureaucratic world of Inter Minor. Vorg and Shirna are a classic Holmes Double Act; Vorg runs a sort of circus sideshow - the titular carnival of monsters - and Shirna is his Lovely Assistant, Which means that Vorg is the brains and face of the ( Read more... )